#MYA SINGER FREE#
Mya: “I was very outspoken at a time that I hadn’t even experienced life before that so I think it’s very important to basically set the tone for what you want your life to be like, early on, which definitely moulded me in not taking any crap from anyone! But Free is a great example for other women – and men. How important was it for girls and young women in the 90s and early 2000s to be listening to songs like this one and Free? We were stopping at the same clothing store so we always pass each other!” And Missy and I ran into each other recently actually in Los Angeles. And Kim and I had a meeting in New York about a year ago about working together. PINK and I have written the song Take A Picture since, which was really great to work with her. Mya: “Oh yeah we all got along despite any rumours! I think the things is people think when females get together, there’s always some cat fight or bickering but that was not the case at all. Mya, PINK, Christina Aguilera and Lil’ Kim win the Grammy for Best Collaborationĭid you all get along? And do you still keep in touch? As far as hair and makeup went, I think that was the most overtop all the ladies had experienced, including me! It felt like five like five holidays in one with all the glitter and the spectacular things that occurred on the video set, it was awesome.” The director was Paul Hunter and the wardrobe department was amazing, all of our costumes were very intricate. It was decked in obviously a theatre but it was beautifully crafted. What was it like on the Lady Marmalade music video set with Christina Aguilera, PINK, Lil’ Kim and Missy Elliot? And meeting Patti LaBelle was the icing on the cake.” In that case, we had a great time in rehearsals and in the recording studios as well as performing and making the video. That was a big moment in our careers and a completely different experience for all of us that I don’t think we’d ever had before. That was sort of a rare thing for females to get together – individual artists – at that time. You know, I was a young kid in adult clothing in Lady Marmalade.
When you look back at that time in your life, does it bring back a nostalgia for you and how would you describe that? The early 2000s was a time of female empowerment, irrespective of a man and songs like that really drive that messaging home. GRAZIA: So many of your tracks, namely Lady Marmalade for myself, bring back nostalgic memories. Returning to Australia in November with a slew of RnB artists for RnB Fridays Live, the now 36-year-old musician, actress, dancer, activist and philanthropist chatted to GRAZIA about the Marmalade video, the guy who inspired Case Of The Ex and the misconception behind her hiatus. “Aww! What a wild story”, the real Mya replies when I tell her my sad, angsty teenage anecdote today. For me, it was a high school talent quest, where myself and three friends dressed in a wardrobe far beyond our 15 years and danced to Lady Marmalade. For most women – and some men – their memories of Mya’s music are conducive to certain moments in their lives. Winning the Grammy Award for Best Pop collaboration and selling over 5.5 million copies worldwide (in hard copy form, streaming wasn’t available, remember!) making the track the most successful airplay-only single in history. In 2001, Mya collaborated with PINK, Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, and Missy Elliot to remake Patti LaBelle’s 1974 song Lady Marmalade. Thrust into an international spotlight at just 18-years-old, Mya was responsible for some of the biggest pop songs you remember from the 1990s and early 2000s Case Of The Ex, Ghetto Superstar, My Love Is Like…Wo and Free. Her name is synonymous with low-rise studded flares, an ever-present midriff and the woman who penned those “ single, sexy and free / making my own money” lyrics.
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